Milestone #94 of the global Out of Eden Walk—in northeast #China: It was a lonely farm road & all living things—farmers, roosters—had taken shelter from the brittle cold. Only we were outside. But it was alright. We had each other. outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/milestones/202…

The first pro-democracy protester shot in the streets of #Yangon during the 2021 coup in #Myanmar was a 19-year-old girl: On-brand for a junta of potbellied generals who have since killed 50,000. My update on a war largely invisible to the world. The World theworld.org/stories/2024/0…

During my 4,200-mile trek across #China, I often crossed the route of #Mao's 1930s Long March, the epic retreat of the Red Army during China's civil war; it was hard not to wonder, in these volatile times, where the country was headed next. @natgeo nationalgeographic.com/history/articl…

Readers ask about favorite walked horizons on the Out of Eden Walk. Comparing landscapes on a 25K-mile trek is like comparing friends: You love them for different reasons. But the sky-hammered deserts of #Mangystau, in #Kazakhstan, recur often in my dreams. outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2016-…

Roadside hammock rest stop, Liaoning, China. With walking partner Xu Haotien. #EdenWalk

“Some places barely offer up a passing word. Others are layered with the whispers of feet and time. China is like this, a densely narrated landscape.” — Paul Salopek in National Geographic Magazine ✍️ Read here: outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-… 📷 Photo by JohnStanmeyer National Geographic Society National Geographic Magazine

#NatGeoExplorer Paul Salopek tells Host @CarolynBeeler about his Out of Eden Walk in Myanmar, where he witnessed the Feb. 1, 2021 coup that triggered the civil war still being fought there. #EdenWalk bit.ly/4dBNG2u

Daily ritual: Walking partner Xu Haotien helps small guesthouse owners fill in my foreigner registration form in Liaoning, #China. Most lodgings along our route had never hosted an outsider. The country recently eased such onerous registration laws. #EdenWalk

Last Out of Eden Walk Milestone in #China: With walking partners on the waterfront of #Dali, in #Liaoning province--a historic gateway to the outside world, and my exit door after more than 2 years and 6000 km (4200 miles) of pacing off the Middle Kingdom. outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/milestones/202…

Northern cooking. Roadside eatery, Changbai Mountains, Liaoning, #China. #EdenWalk

Walk from #Ethiopia to #China in 3:34-thanks to mapmakers at Harvard CGA. This animation of the Out of Eden Walk spans 19 nations & 15,582 miles. Spot 3 small "gaps" in the trail: 1 at the tense #AfPak border & another 2 in #Burma & #China imposed by Covid. vimeo.com/1004482785

Every 5 kilometers earns a beer. With walking partner Xu Haotien, and walking guests Li Yuning, Netta Wang, & Phoebe Ba. Near Dalian, Liaoning, #China. #EdenWalk

Please check out the wonderful work of our partners Veditum India Foundation and the Moving Upstream - Veditum Fellowship program. Siddharth Agarwal #MovingUpstream

I’m still processing the 6700-km walk across #China: a 2-year-long trail into the hearts of strangers as much as through seven provinces. I bow in gratitude to my family of walking partners in China who made it all possible. 深深地感谢你 Out of Eden Walk outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-…

It is better To encourage my frivolity, And get drunk with the aroma Of my wine cup. I refuse to be burdened By the yellowing heart Of the chrysanthemum Along the wall. —Li Qingzhao, 12th century Reaching the Yellow Sea after 6700 km of walking. Goodbye to China. #EdenWalk

步行前往中国东北偏远地区的一个古老的陨石坑。一名当地男子收集其碎片来制作珠宝。 An Out of Eden Walk dispatch from #China translated into Chinese by Nat Geo-China. ngchina.com.cn/news/detail?ne…

#NatGeoExplorer Paul Salopek tells Host @CarolynBeeler about his Out of Eden Walk in Myanmar, where he witnessed the Feb. 1, 2021 coup that triggered the civil war still being fought there. #EdenWalk bit.ly/4dBNG2u

“They were starting to cut the internet, and I went into war correspondent mode. I’d covered wars for many years, so I retrieved my lunch out of the waste bin, what I hadn’t eaten, and I started filling up the bathtub with drinking water.” — Paul Salopek on The World

Look at that! All my fav #Teachers begin w P: Paul Salopek #PradipKrishen Prem Panicker Papa & Poornima (mom ;)) & hey a post abt #myteachers is incomplete if i don’t call out *every moment of life* for each has been a teacher. Oh & guess what, that too begins with “p” पल! :)

In China's southern province of Yunnan, a community known as the Bai expresses itself mostly by singing. #NatGeoExplorer Paul Salopek talks about his time with the Bai community and an early 20th century botanist and explorer who traveled the same region. bit.ly/3Zh0xmE